The Carmichael Show: Will NBC Cancel the Comedy Series?

by Cindy McLennan, May 14, 2016

The Carmichael Show on NBC, season two. Chris Haston/NBC.

It’s quite possible The Carmichael Show on NBC will be cancelled, despite its popularity and critical acclaim. Per Deadline‘s Nellie Andreeva, The Carmichael Show TV series, which debuted last summer and is currently in its second season, is not far from the chopping block.

The Carmichael Show hails from 20th Century Fox TV with Universal TV, so it’s not a completely inside job for NBC-Uni. Per Deadline, …”the size of the order may be among the sticking points. (The Carmichael Show‘s first season consisted of 6 episodes, the second of 13.)”

Here is more, from Deadline:

Based [off] ratings alone, one could make a case for cancelation. But there have been a number of broadcast series that have been kept on the air despite low ratings because of the prestige they bring to their networks — CBS’ The Good Wife ran for 7 seasons, and ABC’s American Crime was just renewed for a third season.

Without The Carmichael Show, NBC would be bringing only one existing comedy series back, newbie Superstore. And the experiment of bringing edge and topicality to the stodgy [multi-cam] format will be over. The Carmichael Show has been lauded for its takes on sensitive and controversial topics. Its fans include comedy great Norman Lear, to whose classic, All In the Family, The Carmichael Show often gets compared[…]

There is still little time, and an 11th-hour renewal agreement could conceivably be reached (or the pickup decision pushed until after the upfronts). It was only seven months ago that NBC brass said at the renewal that they were “extremely proud” of the show, calling it “funny”, “relatable” and “fearless about discussing issues that are significant in the world today.”

What do you think? Are you a fan of The Carmichael Show on NBC? Do you think it should be cancelled, or renewed for a third season?

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Today is Wednesday, June 7, 2017. This is my second time watching the “Carmichael’s” I was scanning the television for something to watch and I ran across them. I laughed so hard that I programmed by television to record it every week. I came to this website to make a comment only to find out that you are considering cancelling the show. PLEASE DON’T DO THAT!!! I Iove it because it’s not silly. They are seriously funny like “The Golden Girls” I hate silly acting comedy! I think you would get more viewers if you do more advertising. Look how… Read more »

Yes, based on the ratings(1.02) this show has no business being renewed. Now that it has been, it better do a lot better next season, or I will be all over NBC to dump it. I don’t know what the ratings were in season one, but I will be checking. Let’s just sat that Rosewood, EMPIRE and Black-ish don’t have ratings this pathetic.